
Synopsis
Jimmie Jump hurries to collect a visitor at the railway station, but his car becomes trapped in mud. Attempts to free it lead to deeper trouble, making an ordinary errand an increasingly wet ordeal.
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- Original language
- No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
- This copy runs
- 9:30
- Subtitles
- No subtitle track in this language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.
Wikimedia Commons · Leo McCarey · Public domain
Cast
Behind the scenes
Filming took place over seven days and included Los Angeles's Hollenbeck Park. Charley Chase builds the comedy around the car, the terrain and each unsuccessful attempt at rescue.
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Availability checked on September 22, 2026.
Photograph credit
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- Charley Chase — Hal Roach; Hal Roach Studios · Public domain
- William Gillespie — George Jeske, Hal Roach; lordheath.com · Public domain
- Janet Gaynor — Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences · Public domain
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